SA VS BAN: South Africa thrashed Bangladesh in the first Test at Durham by a massive 220 runs. In the second innings, the tourists were all out for mere 53 runs as the spin duo, Keshav Maharaj and Simon Harmer shared all of the wickets. Maharaj took 7 for 32 while Harmer claimed 3 wickets for 21 runs. While speaking about the surrender of the batting order in the second innings, Bangladesh captain Mominul Haque said that his team could not handle the pressure of losing three quick wickets.

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”I think we failed to handle the pressure after losing three wickets yesterday because I don’t see any other reason,” Mominul told reporters after the game. ”We played good cricket for four days and played badly only during the last session of yesterday and today.” He added, ”It’s not that we played badly for five days and there are lots of positives that we can take, and if we make ourselves mentally strong, we can surely make a comeback.”

The skipper also sounded disappointed with the way the batters threw away their wickets to the spinners. To him, it is a crime to do that abroad.

SA VS BAN: "It was a complete batting failure", Mominul Haque after the First Test defeat to South Africa
SA VS BAN: “It was a complete batting failure”, Mominul Haque after the First Test defeat to South Africa

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”I think giving away wickets to the spinners abroad is a big crime and I think we should not be giving away wickets. I need to take the blame on my shoulders. There is always an opportunity to score runs against the spinners and it was a complete batting failure.”

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Bangladesh chose to field first in this match after winning the toss. His decision became a point of discussion on a track with assistance from the spinners. Mominul explained how he thought that pacers would extract something from the wicket. He does not think that Bangladesh can afford to play five batters and six bowlers in combination at present. 

“I picked fielding because I felt the pace bowlers can extract something from the wicket. We could have added another spinner at the expense of deducting a pace bowler or could have gone for six batsmen and five bowlers’ combination. But I don’t think we still are in such a place that we can go for five batsmen-six bowlers combination while playing abroad.”

He also wants ICC to bring in neutral umpires as some of the umpiring decisions went against them on the fourth day, according to Mominul. The match saw South Africa scoring 367 and 204 in two innings to which Bangladesh replied with 298 and 53. In the second innings, Najmul Hossain Shanto and Taskin Ahmed were the only batters to have reached the double digits, 26 and 10 respectively. 

The second and last Test of the series will be played on April 8 at St George’s Park, Port Elizabeth.

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